On October 16, Korea University Student Association (KUSA) Jieum held a press conference regarding the halt of the Dotori Project at the People’s Square. Dotori Project, an abbreviation for Dormitory Project, was propelled with the lead of Jieum under the purpose of reducing housing burdens for KU students.

 

The project’s goal was to participate in the Happy Dormitory Service—a project that tries to provide good dormitories at a low price—run by Korea Foundation for the Promotion of Private School. However, unlike Jieum and KU students’ request, KU has not registered for the Happy Dormitory Service which closed its registration on September 30.

 

“Until when are you going to stay still?” the press conference asked. During the latter part, it also questioned on exactly why the Dotori Project was not accepted—was it because the school itself sought to build a dormitory that was more economically advantageous?

 

“I have to say it is disappointing to know that the school is not trying to communicate,” said Kim Keunhee (’15, Division of International Studies), who attended the press conference. The conference ended with four requests towards the school as follows: first, the school should apologize on its un-communicative behavior; second, reveal a plan on a new dormitory that has low burden on students; third, start consulting with students about the new dormitory construction; and fourth, accept the requests for construction of a dormitory for students.